Blade is a 1998 American vampire-superhero action film starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson and Stephen Dorff, and is loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. Snipes plays Blade, a human-vampire hybrid who protects humans from vampires. The film was directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Blade grossed $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $131.2 million worldwide. It was followed by two sequels, Blade...
Mercury suggests that the vampire council should be concerned.
Mercury wonders why the pureblood on the vampire council is worried.
Quinn mocks a toothless Dragonetti before he is burned to death by the sunrise.
Dragonetti pushes back at Frost, suggests he will never be a pureblood.
Whistler explains that the serum will only work for a short amount of time.
Curtis explains what he's been working on to Karen.
Curtis notes that the victim's blood sugar and phosphorus are off the charts.
A proud Blade comes up with a snappy one-liner for the dead Frost.
Quinn (now sporting two new hands) finally sees his time to kill Blade.
Frost and Quinn predict big things after getting Blade's blood.
The vampire council continues to ask questions, suggesting that Frost doesn't...
The vampire council continues to explain that La Magra is just a fairy tale.
The vampire council is in disbelief, wondering if Frost really believes in La...
Venessa reminds Blade that eventually the thirst wins.
Blade's mother explains that she is now vampire and there's nothing that can ...
Curtis wonders if Karen ever has second thoughts about breaking up with him.
Vampire Curtis continues to ramble, Karen figures out who it is.
Quinn and Frost discuss weird vampire stories while taking Karen away.
Quinn promises Karen something real special.
Frost understands Blade, knows that it is the human side that makes him weak.
Frost appreciates the offer, but decides to stick with real blood.
Frost continues to taunt Blade with the serum he needs to live.
Frost knows everything about Blade, and he tells him that fact.
Frost explains that this temple was built for only one event, raising the blo...
Frost tells the vampire council that he is a student of history.
Frost mocks the vampire council, noting that they forgot this temple ever exi...
Karen warns that Blade's powers would go away if he was cured of vampirism.
Blade has come around on the idea of taking Karen's vampire cure.
Frost is delighted by the reunion between mother, son and vampire that brough...
Frost notes that nobody expected him to survive his mother's death.
Frost is displeased by Blade's reaction to seeing his vampire mother.
Frost commands Quinn to make it happen, it's an army versus one man.
Quinn tries to warn Frost about the superior abilities of Blade.
Frost explains that Blade's blood is the key to spreading vampirism to the wo...
Frost warns Karen that anybody in the Blood God's path will be turned.
Frost explains to Karen that vampires are at the top of the food chain.
Karen suggests that Frost was not born a vampire.
Karen notes that Frost has a scar, suggesting he was not born a vampire.
Frost suggests that it's either turn Karen or she goes away in a body bag.
Frost tells Blade that Whistler put up quite a good fight before dying.
Now that Whistler has the gun, he wants Blade to walk away.
Whistler wants Blade to finish him off, that way he doesn't come back as a va...
Whistler warns that if they get Blade's blood, there will be armies of vampires.
Whistler warns Blade that Frost is trying to resurrect La Magra.
Whistler warns Blade of Frost's master plan.
Whistler tells Frost to bite him and get it over with, Frost refuses.
Frost admits that it took them a while to find Blade's secret lair.
Karen believes that she will eventually be able to cure Blade, but it will ta...
Karen notes that Blade was given vampirism in a different way from most people.
Karen admits this might not be safe, but she doesn't have another choice.
Karen uses science to figure out how to treat her transformation.
Karen quizzes Whistler about why vampires need to drink blood.
Frost threatens Blade, suggesting that he will wish he hadn't been born.
Blade wonders why he should care, since the humans are nothing but cattle, li...
Frost is angry that Blade didn't take his offer.
Frost wonders if it even matters how the human's world ends.
Frost believes that Blade has all of the advantages of a vampire, but none of...
Frost holds a child hostage while introducing himself to Blade.
Whistler worries they didn't cure Karen in time, fearing she'll turn into a v...
Whistler compels Blade to stick around and give blood to Karen.
Karen believes that her E.D.T.A. chemical will make killing vampires even eas...
Blade mocks Karen when her miracle cure blows up, but she's not so convinced ...
Karen is about to show Blade what happens when she mixes E.D.T.A. with vampir...
Karen explains to Blade that she borrowed some equipment from the hospital.
Whistler doesn't know what to think of the piece of the vampire bible without...
Blade believes that this vampire bible is what Frost has been working on this...
Blade explains to Whistler where he got the piece of vampire bible.
Frost now leads the vampire council, commands twelve volunteers.
The vampire council wonders what Frost has done with Dragonetti.
After a scuffle with Dragonetti, Frost wishes him a good day and leaves him t...
Frost confesses that he's a sentimental kind of guy, once you get to know him...
Frost continues to taunt the captured Dragonetti.
Frost takes a kidnapped Dragonetti out to see the sunrise.
Quinn and Frost argue over whether or not to kill Blade.
Blade tells Karen that he gets a little part of his life back with each vampi...
Blade explains to Karen that he's spent his whole life looking for his mother...
Whistler explains that something big is about to happen with the vampires.
Whistler mentions that the vampire scourge is getting worse.
Whistler explains the horrible events when a vampire toyed with, and killed, ...
Whistler explains his family, including a wife and daughters, that he used to...
Whistler laments that all of his attempts to cure Blade have failed.
Whistler explains that the human side of Blade ages at normal speed.
Whistler explains all of the advantages that Blade was born with.
Quinn wonders why the recently impaled Blade is in such good spirits.
Quinn jokes about how seriously Blade takes his job.
After discovering the trick sword, Quinn jokes about Blade being full of surp...
Quinn mocks Crease, who just had his arm blown off by a booby-trapped sword.
Quinn mocks the captured Blade, suggests he will keep coming back no matter h...
Quinn strikes back, still angry about the time Blade chopped his arm off.
Blade explains what lies in the vampire bible to a curious Karen.
Blade explains that they found the pages from the vampire bible.
Blade snatches one of Pearl's hard drive's gives the light gun to Karen.
Pearl repeats something that Frost told him.
Blade shines the U.V. lamp at Pearl, suggests they play a game of 20 questions.
Blade and Frost have a conversation for the first time.
Quinn introduces a bunch of women to Frost.
Blade explains why the vampires are so wealthy and powerful.
Karen is surprised by how high tech the vampires are.
Blade explains which body parts to aim for when shooting a vampire.
Blade continues to give Karen combat advice as they walk towards a vampire nest.
Blade tells Karen that holy water and crosses aren't useful in a vampire fight.
Blade tells Karen that there are worse things out at night.
Blade can tell they are vampires by the way they move and smell.
Blade says that there's a vampire safe house around here somewhere.
Blade reminds Karen that you need to know the nature of a beast to know what ...
Karen needs to stick around Blade long enough to come up with a cure.
Blade tells Karen that she will have to look to pull the trigger to survive.
Blade isn't fooling around, he wants to know where Krieger was taking the blood.
Blade slams Krieger's head when he doesn't get the answers he wants.
Karen discovers that Officer Krieger has blood from a blood bank.
Karen is surprised when Blade steams Officer Krieger's belongings.
Blade wonders if Krieger is going to be a good bloodhound.
Blade tells Karen that he's been tracking Frost for a long time.
Karen isn't happy when she realizes that Blade used her as bait.
Suddenly Karen has bigger troubles on her hands as Officer Krieger attacks.
Krieger wonders if Karen has been kidnapped, as reported by her hospital co-w...
Dragonetti keeps trying to get Frost to say something about his plans.
Dragonetti confronts Frost over using the archives.
Whistler suggests suicide if Karen feels like she's becoming a vampire.
Whistler suggests Karen buy a gun for protection against vampires.
Karen is confused, she asks Whistler about patching her up and letting her go.
Whistler explains that Karen has likely seen these people before, but didn't ...
Whistler warns Karen about going to the police, says they are owned by the va...
Whistler empathizes with Karen, says that sometimes good people get caught in...
Whistler explains that there's a silent war being fought, and they've done th...
Blade notes that Karen has been exposed to the vampires, so they will hunt he...
Blade gives Karen advice about not getting killed by vampires.
Whistler has a new toy for Blade to use in the fight against vampires.
Whistler explains some of the methods that do actually work when fighting a v...
Whistler debunks the myth that vampires can be killed with crosses.
Karen is skeptical, but Whistler reminds her of the dead body that came back ...
Whistler is concerned with the amount of serum going into Blade's body.
Whistler talks about Karen's notebook, suggests she's on to something.
Whistler has done some checking and found out that Karen is a hematologist.
Blade is concerned that his body is building up a resistance to the serum.
Dragonetti attempts to move on, asking Pallatine about offshore accounts.
Dragonetti suggests that Frost isn't equal, brings up that he was turned.
Dragonetti talks about the traditions and how vampires have been acting for t...
Frost explains that humans are vampire food, not allies.
Frost is done making treaties with humans, he wants to rule over them.
Dragonetti explains to Frost that it's important for vampires to blend in.
Dragonetti explains to Frost that his nightclubs cause unnecessary attention ...
Dragonetti wants to know how many vampires died in Blade's wake.
Dragonetti looks over the files and mourns the death of his vampire troops.
Whistler tells the injured Karen that he's injecting garlic into her system.
Blade is shocked when the police unload into his bullet proof vest.
Curtis notes that he gave ex-girlfriend Karen time off when she requested it.
Karen remembers the bad times, when Curtis was a jerk.
Curtis chooses this autopsy as the time to quiz ex-girlfriend Karen about get...
Karen inspects the burned body, notes strange muscle structure.
Karen decides to look at the D.O.A. victim Curtis has been talking about.
Curtis continues to talk Karen into looking at the recent fire victim.
Curtis explains to Karen that this is not a joke.
Sick of cutting Quinn up, Blade has decided to use fire.
With Quinn subdued, Blade says that he's getting sick of carving the bearded ...
Racquel screams at Blade after he intruded on her party.
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